Awards and Honors

The MacGuffin Poet Hunt, January 2008 , First Place Award for “Things that Bend”
Nomination for the Pushcart Prize/Anthology, December 2007 (“Eye Cleaning” chosen by poet Ai)
2007 Florida Review Prize, Fall 2007, Runner-up for Poetry Contest
Indiana Arts Council: National Society for Arts and Letters March 2007, First Place Career Chapter Award for poetry
2006 Cider Press Review Book Award, January 2007 , Finalist for poetry manuscript: Beauty Like a Rope
Purdue University 2006 AWP Intro Award, March 2006, (Nomination for National Contest)